The left wants to destroy ICE. That’s no secret.
And ICE agents have been threatened by this insane Democrat.
In a stunning display of detachment from reality, Rep. Dan Goldman of New York took to CNN this week to push one of the most radical positions yet from the left: the complete elimination of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
On Laura Coates Live, the Democrat representative made clear that his party’s vision for America’s borders involves tearing down the very tools meant to protect them.
Goldman didn’t mince words when he declared that ICE must go. His comments came amid discussions about recent operations, revealing a deep hostility toward any agency that dares to enforce existing immigration laws.
The congressman then pivoted to a tragic incident involving Renee Good, using it to paint a picture of systemic failure.
“Look, this is exactly what happened to Renee Good, this is how she was k*lled, an ICE officer unnecessarily and excessively fired into the front seat of her car as she was trying to drive away. This is not new. This is just a continuation of the ineptitude, the incompetence, and the brazen, outlandish conduct that ICE has been perpetrating on our country for a year and a half,” Goldman stated.
“It is why ICE must be abolished, why we must entirely reform the Department of Homeland Security so that the ICE — or the department does not have the power that it is abusing on a consistent basis, as it has done twice in the last week now.”
Rather than focusing on the dangers illegal entrants pose to everyday Americans, Goldman framed law enforcement as the primary threat.
This narrative conveniently ignores the countless victims of crimes committed by those who should never have been here in the first place.
Host Laura Coates pressed him on the obvious follow-up: if ICE disappears, who exactly handles the job of removing people in the country illegally and securing the border? Her question cut to the heart of the matter, exposing the vacuum in leftist thinking.
Goldman’s reply offered little comfort or clarity:
“Well, that’s something that we are having regular discussions about in the Homeland Security Committee, because I think the Department of Homeland Security needs to be revamped, broadly, after 25 years. And now that ICE is effectively the fifth-largest military in the country — in the world rather, that was never its intention.”
“And so, yes, of course, we need to have border enforcement, we need to have enforcement of our immigration laws. Nobody is saying that we should not have that. We just cannot tolerate anymore, Laura, the notion that, oh, whoops, we shouldn’t have shot in a moving vehicle, too bad the person died. No, no, there need to be consequences.”
Notice the sleight of hand. Goldman pays lip service to the need for enforcement while simultaneously demanding the dismantling of the agency responsible for it.
This is classic Washington doublespeak—promising security while preparing to handcuff those who deliver it.
